Re: Disassembling an FST...

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "eb" == ericlob  <ericlob@cris.com> writes:

 eb> In article <6u21ar$c38$1@vax.area.com>, mattack@area.com (Matt
 eb> Ackeret) wrote:
 >> In article <david.905924849@wraith>, David Wilson <david@uow.edu.au> wrote:
 >> 
 >> >Well, if P8 apps running on a //gs cannot read this new
 >> >filesystem then it should not be called ProDOS or any variation
 >> >on that. It is a brand new file system.
 >> 
 >> I didn't see the beginning of this thread, but I agree.

 eb> That sounds reasonable.

So you want a new FST for GS/OS.  Hmmm...
 
 >> All I would want in a new filesystem would be:
 >> (1) relatively simple and quick, like prodos (*)
 >> (2) support bigger than 32 meg partitions
 >> 
 >> (*) That is, I don't care if there are filename restrictions or
 >> not.. As long as it's _at least_ as long as ProDOS, that's ok.
 >> (Sure, longer is better and including spaces in filenames is
 >> better, but anything to make it work now and improve later..)

 eb> I'd add: (3) it be bootable. That's probably the only way it'll
 eb> see wide scale use (well, relatively speaking).

Why not work on making HFS (and while where at it adding HFS+ support)
bootable under GS/OS?  HFS is mostly modern and certainly an
improvement over the old ProDOS FS.

 eb> One drawback is that any "illegal" (by Apple rules) filenames are
 eb> inaccessible when trying to copy them from the GS media to the Mac. WTF is
 eb> up with that?!

There are ways to "translate" names from one filesystem to another.
GS/OS technotes suggest that applications should let the OS decide
what is valid for a filename.

cfs